Hinge for jewelry



Nbv; 20, "1928. G. CANDAS HINGE so JEWELRY Filed March 12, 1926 I 'l l 1mm. 1. h

Patented Nov. 2 0, 1928.

NT: OFFICE.

GASTON CANDAS, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

HINGE non JEWELRY.

Application filed March 12, 1926, Serial No. 94,207, and in France January 22, 1926.

This invention relates to hinges, more especially for articles of jewelry, such as bracelets, collars, necklaces and the like, constructed of a plurality of links or plates and 5 has for its particular object the provision of" a hinge for such articles which is adapted to elfectively hold the linksor plates to-' gether and when the article is in position on the body of the wearer to substantially close the joint between the two adjoiningplates and to minimize the visibility thereof, besides serving to effectively hold the parts together.

It has been customary to provide hinges of various types for connecting the component plates or links of bracelets or like articles of jewelry, but such hinges, in so far as'I am aware, did not prevent the penetration of light through the joint between the'two adjoining members and have thus renderedsuch joint readily visible to the eye of an. ob-

server, Whereas in bracelets embodying my invention this objection is eliminated.

My'invention is fully set forth in the following description and'drawings forming a part thereof in which latter Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of one plate of a bracelet carrying one member ofmy improved hin e and Fig. 2 is a similar view of an adjoining late carrying the other member of such nge' V Fig: 3 is a longitudinal section showing the adjacent partsassembled in an extremev open position and Fig. tie a similar view showing the same parts in a closed position as the same would be worn on the arm of a person; and r j Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic perspective view of a complete bracelet havin two adjoining plates connected by one o my improved hinges. I 1

Referrin to the drawings and the construction s own therein, the reference numerals 1, 1' designate two adjacent platesor members of a sectional bracelet, each of which as shown has oolique edges 2, 2' respectivelyof the same angularity with respect to the outer face a, a of each plate. The member 1 is provided with, one comlppnent of a hinge comprising an inner cy drical sector 3, the outer surface of which 'stantialy outer surfaces corresponding to a concentric circle, is also described from the nearest point in the edge I).

An integral lug or stop member 5 is provided on the outer end of the sector/i which latter-sector is in turn rigidly secured, as is the sector 3, by soldering or otherwise to the member 1.

The co-operating member 1' is provided with co-operating arcuate members or sectors of cylinders 6 and 7 respectively, which are adapted to have sliding engagement with the sectors 3 and 4 respectively when the adjacent members 1, 1 are assembled as' show'n in Fig. 3 and the inner and outer surfaces of the member 6 and the inner surfaces of the member 7 comprise arcs having a radius equal to the distance from such surfaces to the nearest point in the edge 0 and consequently such faces are concentric with respect to a common center in the edge 0 whereby when the joint is manipulated the adjacent edges 6 and 0 will always remain in cont-act and prevent the penetration of light therethrough and thus greatly reduce the visibility of the joint between these edges irrespective of whether the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 3 or completely closed as shown in Having thus described my-invention, what I claim and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is;

A sectional band of rigid material comprising a plurality of relatively movable subrectilineal abutting sections having obli ue endfaces, means for permitting the ban to be opened into a rectilineal line or.

broken into a polygonal configuration, the

said means COmPI'ISIDg an apertured sector of a circle securedto one sect1on and projecting from the .end thereof an extent substantiall ual toabout one-half of its total length, t e inner face of the portion of such section to which thesector is secured corresponding to a radius of the circle from ference of the circle of said sector and a stop I I member projecting from the periphery of said sector and adapted to' abut the end of the latter lug when the aforesaid sections are 15 opened so that their outer surfaces are in rectilineal alignment with each other.

Signed at New York, in the county and State of'New GASTON chums.

York, this 11th day of March, I 

